Method of covering or re-covering surfaces.



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fetented Sept. 3,1912.

To all whom it may I Be it known that I, GEORGE s UEIFSSER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of he town of Gu c berg, county of Hudson,

State of 'New Jersey, have invented .certa'in new and useful Improvements in Methods of Covering or Re-Covering Surfaces, of which the following is a speclfication.

This invention relates to a certain method of applying to surfaces a secondary covering, which may be ornamental or useful, or both ornamental and useful.

In my experiments, I have endeavored to produce a covering which would be water proof and elastic and of suflicient strength to withstand all ordinary wear and tear, and I have endeavoredto produce a covering which would have the appearance andmechanical advantages of felt, burlap, or velours.

I have found that my secondary surface will serve well as a covering for phonograph tables, 'tele hone bases, hat forms, or anyother artic e that it has, in the past been found desirable to cover with felt or 'cloth,'

and I have found that as decorative cover-- ing for walls, caskets, and other surfaces my method .and the results thereof havemany very decided advantages.

In the best working of my method I employ a size or adhesive that has been the result of much study and I will include the adhesive in the description of themethod and in the claims that follow the description.

The following is what I consider the best means of carrymgout this invention: The surface to be covered is preparedby having all excessive roughness removed, and by being cleaned and freed from dust or other foreign matter that would prevent the .ad-

hesive from becoming well and firmly secured. The adhesive is then prepared in the following manner. In a gallon measure place 2 quarts stand oil, '1 quart amber varnish, 1. int J apan driers, 1 pint linseed oil.

I ll toget er and apply with a -brush. This'size should be allowed to set after it has been applied to the wall until it becomes very sticky. A quantity) of properly tinted fibrous material is now lown on to the size by means of any suitable blower such as a fan. Care must be taken that the fiber is blown onto and not into the size as it is my intentionihat the surface shall be soft and w w: ,of-the lnotbe too I ave by this method produced man fl lfl alilefand artificial, cloth coverings but fdonut'confine myself to the use of wool'or silk, bra mixture of wool and silk as I have found that wood fiber, asbestos and chamois as well as many other materials maybeused, and very desirable effects, some of which ma be entirely unlike cloth.

have referred to my size. as being waterproof and I prefer that it shall be so, the ingredients that "I use are each water-proof and it is obvious then that the resultant mixture will be no less so.

I refer to the .base of my size, or one of the principal elements as stand oil, and by this term I mean, a linseed or'other aint oil. that has been allowed to oxidize y a long time exposure to the elements or at-' mos'here. Q

V I- ave found that artificially oxidized oils although useful in this mixture are not to be considered as even-a substitute for the omitted, such as .the tou hness, the; maximum tenacity, andthe abllityto withstand the possibility of destruction through the actions of the elements.

It is well known that fibrous material has been used as a decoration upon walls and other surfaces, but all such use has been discouraged by'the inabilityto obtain an adhesive that would prove suitable under all'ordinary conditions, such an adhesive I have obtained only after long and careful study and much experiment.

Modifications may be made .within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of this invention. I

Slight modifications in the formula may be made to obtain certain desirable results as for instance the quantity of driers may be changed for obvious reasons, and if in usin Y a 1011 heavy fiber it is found that mere y impinging the fiber upon the adhesive does not give the resultant covering suflic ent strength the adhesive ma 7 be thinned somewhat so that the fiber wi here more closely to the surface.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A methodof covering surfaces, which of amber varnish, 1 art boiled linseed oil, and 1 part Japan drlers and blowing upon said adhesive properly tinted fibrous ma- 5 'terial allowing the whole to dry without further mani ulation.

Signed at ew York city, N. Y., this 2nd day of October, 1911, in the presence of two witnesses. 1

GEORGE DUENSSER.

Witnesses:

G. E. STERRITTE, ARTHUR PHELP Mm. 

